First 'washdown-duty' servo motors on the market?

A Baldor product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jun 5, 2001

Baldor has launched a range of brushless servo motors for use in clean environments such as bio-pharm and food packaging and processing lines, or hostile situations such as inside machine tools

Baldor has launched a range of brushless servo motors optimised for use in clean environments such as bio-pharm and food packaging and processing lines, or hostile operating situations such as inside machine tools.

Believed to be the first 'washdown-duty' servo motors on the market, the range introduces a valuable new performance option for OEMs, allowing them to deliver higher speeds, accelerations and positioning accuracies in machinery and automation.

The new servo motors - the Baldor WBSM Series - are designed to withstand high-pressure washdown environments.

Among the protection features incorporated are a white epoxy coating, stainless steel hardware and shaft extension, premium moisture resistant wire - potted for additional protection - a weld-sealed stator stack, plus special shaft seals, O-rings and double-sealed bearings.

Together, these features prevent water and cleaning agents from entering the housings.

In combination with the maintenance free brushless design and a thermal cut-out switch, the motors offer very high reliability for extended lifecycles in harsh environments.

Users have a choice of 13 motor options, spanning continuous stall torque ratings from 1.6 to 20 Nm (14 to 177 lb-in), with the option of custom designs offering up to 41 Nm (366 lb-in) for special requirements.

Rated speeds range from 1200 to 4000 RPM, with up to 7000 RPM optionally available.

A rugged brushless resolver is integrated into the motor for simple system building.

The new WBSM Series motors are UL, CSA and CE approved and conform to worldwide-accepted shaft and mounting arrangements.

Baldor offers a complementary line of brushless servo controls compatible with the high-level Mint motion language, for motion systems with from 1 to 64 axes of positioning control, providing users with comprehensive solutions from a single source.

Matched performance lab-tested performance curves are available showing the complete operating range for industrial motor and control combinations.

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